SDR 2012FA0000313

Service difficulty report · Cotter Pin · Beech B35

Difficulty date: May 14, 2012
Submitted: May 14, 2012
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N8837A
Make and model: Beech B35
Aircraft serial: D2492
Aircraft time: 2,785 hours
System (JASC): 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
Part: Cotter Pin
Condition: Missing
Location: Clevis Pin
Part time: 2,785 hours
Component: Clevis Pin · Beech
Stage of operation: LD
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: W
Precautionary procedure: O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE COTTER PIN WAS NOT INSTALLED IN THE CLEVES PIN AT THE OTBD END OF THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR ROD. THIS ALLAWED THE ROD TO SEPARATE AND THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE PIN WAS RECOVERED AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE CARTER PIN HAD EVER BEEN INSTALLED AS THE HOLE WAS FULL OF DIRT AND RUST.

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